Example sentences of "has a way of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Tye , in his recent book The Metaphysics of Mind ( Cambridge , 1989 ) , has a way of dealing with the difficulty which , if it worked , would solve the materialist 's problem . |
| 2 | The slippage principle which should , I remarked , enervate but in truth exhilarates , has a way of positioning the reader on the side of the narrative against the narrator . |
| 3 | On such occasions it often seems foolish to intervene , for nature has a way of eliminating stragglers . |
| 4 | The ROA would prefer to see the money used to increase prize money in the lower races , but when money is reallocated in that manner it has a way of disappearing . |
| 5 | Mr Murdoch , like Mr Gower , has a way of playing that was bound to run into trouble . |
| 6 | as if that were n't discomfort enough , you also have to make heroic efforts to stifle your giggles at the Old Fire Station , Oxford , for Miss Miles has a way of coming up with lines that are almost sublime in their ridiculousness . |
| 7 | Reality has a way of falling short of the ideal . |
| 8 | Life has a way of changing the best of plans . |
| 9 | He has a way of speaking that seems to turn them all into engines , which , in terms of simple physics , is what they are . |
| 10 | He now has a way of displaying it as a real space-filling 3-D image . |
| 11 | Some scientifically-minded people might agree that the foregoing is not unreasonable because mathematics has a way of intruding into human affairs whether we like it or not . |
| 12 | Sometimes though it has a way of surfacing . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Football has a way of kicking you down like that . |
| 14 | The old , old fashion — Death ! ( 4 ) Oh thank GOD , all who see it , for that older fashion yet , of immortality ! ( 5 ) And look upon us , angels of young children , with regards not quite estranged , when the swift river bears us to the ocean ! ( 6 ) At such points Dickens has a way of enlarging his theme beyond the narrative pretext , addressing his readers directly as sharers of a common human lot with himself and his characters . |
| 15 | He has a way of drawing you into his enterprises , which is flattering . ) |
| 16 | But bad news has a way of travelling . " |
| 17 | You know as well as I do , Christina , Barbados has a way of doing strange things to people . ’ |
| 18 | He has a way of standing with his hands by his side or behind his back , as if he does n't know what on earth to do with them . |
| 19 | ‘ But then , ’ she added , ‘ he has a way of finding the right words — when he 's sure of his ground , I mean . |
| 20 | For those people who want to use a mouse , Windows Bridge also has a way of tracking the speed and direction of the screen cursor using a series of different sounds . |
| 21 | Ironically this ‘ ethic of care ’ has a way of intruding into the lives of the most passionate ‘ ethic of rights ’ adherents . |
| 22 | 1 ) The desirability to have a Partner in Residence in Scotland has a way of enabling meaningful contact to be made between supporters here and Partners overseas . |
| 23 | ‘ Your guess is as good as mine , but fate has a way of doing unexpected things . ’ |
| 24 | Smith has a way of merging pragmatism with logic that prevents the escape of a lot of the hot air which inevitably hypes up these occasions . |